Al-Rasheed Benton had a good idea on where he wanted to attend college for a while, but the Newark (N.J.) Shabazz linebacker wanted to make sure that the interest was mutual.

And on Monday he got that answer.

"I had a bunch of schools come see me, but Coach Jake Spavital was at my school today and I had been waiting to see how interested they were," he said. "I called him after that and he told me they needed some players on defense and coach told him to fly up and check on me. That showed me where the interest level was."